Symptom remission at 12-weeks strongly predicts long-term recovery from the first episode of psychosis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To determine the baseline individual characteristics that predicted symptom recovery and functional recovery at 10-years following the first episode of psychosis.

Methods

AESOP-10 is a 10-year follow up of an epidemiological, naturalistic population-based cohort of individuals recruited at the time of their first episode of psychosis in two areas in the UK (South East London and Nottingham). Detailed information on demographic, clinical, and social factors was examined to identify which factors predicted symptom and functional remission and recovery over 10-year follow-up. The study included 557 individuals with a first episode psychosis. The main study outcomes were symptom recovery and functional recovery at 10-year follow-up.

Results

At 10 years, 46.2% (

SUBMITTER: Dazzan P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7385193 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature